Salvaged yellow poplar barnwood center block, cypress wings with salvaged elm barnwood tops. Quartersawn cherry neck with persimmon fretboard. 25” scale, 22 frets. Homespun mini humbuckers; 7.2k/6.5k dcr. Kluson USA tuneomatic bridge, Hipshot Classic tuners. Weighs 6.9 pounds. Available directly, $2750. gwen@dismalax.com ..read more

Salvaged American Chestnut barnwood center block and wing tops, with Sassafras wing backs. Hard maple neck with Osage orange fretboard. 25” scale, 22 frets. Homespun mini humbuckers; 7.5k/6.4k dcr. Kluson USA tuneomatic bridge, Hipshot Classic tuners. Weighs 7.3 pounds. Available directly; $2950 gwen@dismalax.com ..read more

Salvaged American Chestnut barnwood center block and wing tops, with Sassafras wing backs. Hard maple neck with Osage orange fretboard. 25” scale, 22 frets. Homespun mini humbuckers; 7.5k/6.4k dcr. Kluson USA tuneomatic bridge, Hipshot Classic tuners. Weighs 7.3 pounds. Available directly; $2950 gwen@dismalax.com ..read more

This was a custom commission for Swan Real, who really liked Undine #2105, which had already sold. Fortunately I still had some of the same color milk paint, so I was able to make another, with different bridge and pickups as requested.Body is basswood. Neck is maple, with persimmon fretboard and turquoise recon stone markers.Aqua Boomerang Formica pickguard. Aluminum compensated bridge/tailpiece combo, Hipshot classic tuners.Homespun P90ish pickups; 8.4K/7k DCRWeighs 6.7 pounds. I took this photo just before Swan contacted me about the guitar. This is Messier 17, the Swan Nebula, in Sagi ..read more

This was pretty amazing.My first time seeing Mercury, and it was perfect!That’s it above the others there, about as far as it ever gets from the Sun; having been at its greatest eastern elongation on the 21st. Here’s a closer view of them all: Venus heading for the trees: Moon and Mercury following: Goodnight Moon… The view from where I set up. It was really cold up there! Little sliver of a moon: Caught first glimpse of Venus while snapping pics of airplanes out towards Nashville ..read more

Basswood body with moderately distressed milk paint finish. Maple neck with black locust fretboard. 25” scale, 22 frets. Homespun single coil pickups, brass hardtail bridge, Hipshot classic tuners. Weighs 6.8 pounds ..read more

(Sold) Butternut body with moderately distressed milk paint finish. Walnut neck with Osage orange fretboard. 25” scale, 22 frets. Homespun single coil pickups, brass hardtail bridge, Hipshot classic tuners. Weighs 6.8 pounds ..read more

In mythology, undines are elemental beings associated with water, and include naiads, mermaids, and many other such creatures. I settled on this name as a suitable companion to my salamander model, and because of the watery vibe they have so far taken on. This one has a cucumbertree body with a walnut neck and persimmon fretboard. Pickups are a p-90ish version of my homespun single coils. Aluminum compensated bridge/tailpiece combo and Hipshot classic tuners. 25” scale, 22 frets. Weighs 6.6 pounds ..read more

This was a custom commission for a friend. It’s the first banjo I have built both the neck and rim for, and really the first fully acoustic instrument I have successfully built. The rim is composed of alternating segmented layers of red mulberry and walnut, with an integral flange, instead of the more common array of metal brackets; with the tension nuts recessed in the back. The neck features the same woods, in a complimentary arrangement, with a persimmon fretboard. The headstock inlay and position markers are turquoise recon stone, and I recessed the area around the tension hooks, and pain ..read more

This was a custom commission; a 22 3/4″ scale electric tenor guitar, tuned GDAE. The body is sassafras, with an arched chestnut barnwood top, walnut/maple neck, and black locust fretboard. The finish is milk paint, in a color decidedly reminiscent of the “avocado” enamel on many mid-last-century appliances, as inspired by the “Frigidaire” name badge I used as a switch bezel. The pickguard, as well, is cut from a diamond-textured sheet of thin aluminum which looks like it came from the inside of a freezer. The Bigsby B12 tailpiece also resembles a piece of old icebox hardware. The bridge is by ..read more